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Senate passes bill clarifying county budget-officer authority and auditor duties
Summary
The Senate passed first-substitute SB124 to allow county policy bodies to designate county budget officers (mayor, council, or commission depending on government form) while strengthening county-auditor auditing responsibilities; amendment adopted and bill passed 24–3.
Senators approved first-substitute Senate Bill 124, a measure that changes how counties may designate their budget officer and clarifies the statutory responsibilities of county auditors.
Senator Curtis Bramble presented the bill as a targeted response to a governance dispute in Salt Lake County. The measure removes an explicit statutory designation of the county auditor as the default budget officer and instead allows the county…
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